ra 'I'JWS' "Wl$ imFv$mi ?;.pyj;fv 1' rff,BWl.W SWiiRS . ijc r v ! ' i -' ' ' v i&KWti&u wi tetENING PUBLIC LEDGER- IHILAPBj6pHIA; FBIDA, SEPTEMBER 29, , 1922 ' '-V0WS .? r. " lUV fiJ-v i: ' ' !,;. w .-.-.. Tff GUMPSThe Red Flag By Sidney 8m!t THE MYSTERY GIRL &.TLCR . . V& ttfCNtl6 MCHM A Faicinating Remanco of Baffling Plot and Throbbing Leve Interest By CAROLYN WELLS CertrtW. " " ' "' ZA",neeit Ce""""'i. IcrMlttd bv Ltdetr BvidieaU. ..... mn IV Tlir VIJKt iitj .V0. elected president of Certntil -'Mf iSA alter a bitter fiaht and victor ever Tfv.iMnjIw. (n OIJ IOCKCO HIUUU. wl" . f Mftd M lr T w ,.,. niTPe trirtMfMa nan Mil .$fa widow, who maintain h Se beyn Wrri AUSTIN, a beautiful and reticent 'UfJV Aupj'jv; h . unitredueed te J rr. ill rnlleee own, " lunt-i. .. i mtfiuna !' '"" ' ." ." nt. .Ij.a ... ..?MLKA arlne. .une 7ia dleht 0 ncr. Bhe ft mwt" uip.'" :.-,-.-:- -. JfinrtV LOCKWOOD. WaHna'a cenfldentM &J?taru. a coifi-aeMar.no. annarenlju r 1 Eri,V?,'fnJ,l 1euhb man. spm e hit rt.L-.tm .ht. rnmaniiD interest w y actions txclte the ausmien or mVrKCTlVK MORTON, who U " renllu ".LdoJlhe'ioh convinced et Ml een clever. nil). "e rtiuata u a(.i ......,. -. 0c4 - -.. -.....-.... ., PJV.VJ, 0 OOOO-IOOMIIB ir!mu, Wyfwm n Jri. flntta. toie semefh.iyi 1 an amateur leuh. i " 8miuit a ok tEV PEYTON, the- levelu nieet et "ia't temiwhat diteruntled at h moae. n """ "" . ... ...... ...f j;. .. Vvfldf. e "" oriental eniicr. i u.wc.. niaht of tht traeedu. ttO. the houseman. iifT ADAMS and hi Kite, iche keen a select liardtna house and art tht town MVIUCE TttASK. leant heir et Dr. Warina. i ftJ ru6 pi" in Anita' room. Tlie Tell-tale Buttem rtI7ELIi, Trnsk remnrKca, bc mst, W nrn. nrnnU nre net very talka- H euess I'll take the helm my6df. Misi Austin, will you be geed enough S get up and turn nreund?" The request wns be simply made, tfiit almost without thinking of its itranceness, nun um cav-nj " was asuea. Sare eneush, there were two rows of buttons down the back of her bodice, nd another row across the sailor cellar. At a nea irem i re oho eat uunii ta"n. ".V?.?"!1;?." Si,"0-' x. 'I tern jeu out m "V'-' V (an "That 8 tne very nrcss mm muue T . iL.t .!! Ini1r I nA the marKs en iuui wir uti "' reu denv, .uirb audiui, i .u ri h Dr. Warine'a study that night he j. j y i The dark eyes of Miss Mystery opened wide In horror. She seemed fntrly Mralyzed with fright, and glanced nwiy ireia fine !..- ivf unuiu.-i. Maurice Trask's showed only frank itolratien. He looked nt the girl as if tThad never before seen any one se attractive. Gorden Lockwood s face betrayed no emotion of any sort. Had he been in different te Miss Mystery Instead of lerlng her, as he did, he could have ahewn no less expressive countenance. And all the ethers present showed Jeflalte and decided suspicion, scorn and I trod. Except one. Old Salt looked kindly at the agitated girl. He even held out a protective hand, and with a gentle Inflection, said: "Tell the truth, dear child. Did you knew Dr. Waring?" Slowly Miss Mystery's eyes traveled round the room. Leeking at each face In turn, her own expression became Bere and mere hard and stubborn. Then, seeing the kindness en the face of Old Salt, sue broke down utterly and lobbed eut: "Oh. he's dead he's dead! what shall I de?" The Truesdell Eyebjws Maurice Trask looked nt Miss Mys tify with rapidly growing Interest and curiosity. She seemed se young and helpless and she was te pretty and se pathetic that he immediately decided ihe could net be mixed up In any wrong-doing. He also decided, for he was a man of quick conclusions, that this was the girl for him. Having his new fortune, lie wanted a wife te help him enjoy It, and where could he find a mere utterly desirable girl than Miss Austin? Straightforwardly he asked : "Did Docter Wnring make lore te you? Did you love him?" The ethers looked aghast at these ugge&tleiis, and sthcn Mrs. Adams Mid, "Yes, she did ! I saw her one night, kissing Docter Waring's picture." Cray turned en Anita. "Did yen love that iniin?" he asked, fternlv. "If you did, you surely didn't kill him." "Of course, she didn't kill him," Old Salt put In. "Impossible te iraug ine such a tiling! Spenk up. little girl. Vhy did you kiss the picture of n man you bad never seen?" Several of these listening waited breathlessly for a respene. Gorden Lockwood. for one, could scarcely control his impatience te hear the answrr. Fer. only tee well he re ttembered the letter he had found In the doctor's waste-basket. The words Were graven In his brain. 'Darling Anita : At the first glance of your brown eyes leve was born in my heart. Life is worth lit ing with you In the world." If love at first sight had been born in the man's heart, must it net have found response in the girl's? Or, even ". 00'. could she have killed a mns Who felt thus toward her1 Truly fhe was a mystery. Ter the verv" fact that Waring had fallen in hive witli ner made possible, even plausible, her clandestine Uit te him. and her pos session of the money and jewel. Could it be that the prettv little WlDg was merely a sly adventuress? JLhat sha cajoled Waring Inte gllug "ef the valuables, nnd then re, Gorden Lockwood could net nnd would net believe any evil of the girl ne loved. Even though she should ad mit her love for Waring, lie would net less faith in her. "Answer me," Cray demanded. "An wer this direct question directly. Did you love Dr. Waring?" Almest like one hypnotized, Miss Mystery gave ft helpless glance nt her i 1U ,,. ,r nml murmured :i low, almost inaudible "yes." "Then whj- did you kill him?" Cniv stormed at her. 'J I didn't." 'ieu were tt re, in his study the night hehe dlw." ivne' wasn't." leu were! It's been proved. Yeu went ever from this house, anesi the snow field, and ou went in the stud S.ii y0UTa,t en thf P'"sh rhir, near the eesu. Didn t you?" -The great dnrk eyes seemed unable te tear themsehes from Cray's fare, and Win the half-breathed whisper was, les." nh'n r'l'et?, !" haU1 Trask- "'rht Sirl "all net be tortured. Whether she's Euiity or net, she's entitled te fairer th.L Vii . " lnu l N"11 her say inese things thut may he used acalnst her! Wmt it, Oay. 1 forbid it " I Ht R r I'll ,'.... T ...., I imetly. "Ynu'vp right te halt tlin,. i,ln0" mul('' 1"'1, "''mil tniiigs threiish sheer fright." r,,1',lt wns tni0' Ml,s MjMerv was Jfeniblins. and her f,,,-,. was white, save Xf. .1 (lel,l,'fl,n Hush en lier cheeks and 3ea imu sue nail placed there hernelf jreat eii. J.cuuth- tlielr heavy arK brews. Hew rrem m, tn nn. Ttr,' an'l b" did net fall t notice C?J ct ,tlmt evor' """' K ' ream, r"i i i"--uiiii eiiepieil, wuh in sym- l""i "iin nor, wliile w" ngnlnst lier. every woman ih. , iMm,Ufct, ,mve ,,0"'f"i-tel her, for " oeked about, n faint smile dawn "Ml In her eyes. ucuVJ'T true?" she said. "May I be wcuted from this .questioning unUl I nn get counsel? I don't ktew what te say myself " Her pretty distrens nnd helplessness again appealed te the masculine sym pathy, nnd, realizing this, she Ignored the ether sex. A puzzled expression crossed the face of Mnurlce Trnsk. "Who In the world can she be?" he thought. "That last flash of these eyes, an she drew her heavy eyebrows into n straight line, surely reminded me of somebody. Uy heavens 1 the Truesdell brews!" ' Agnln he scanned the oval little face. He shook liis head in uncertainty, but again declared te himself, "The Trues dell eyebrows J" ''New leek here, nil of you," Old Snltenstnll Adams snld. "I don't be lieve. tliiB child Is guilty of anything really wrong. If she caught the fancy of Dr. Waring, it may seem pretty awful te us old fogies, but a pretty girl like Miss Atistin can't help charm ing the mcnfelks. I don't want te discuss that, but I de say that it's no crime -te go te sec a man In the evening, and. tee, she may have had some errand we knew nothing about. Did Dr. War ing give you that money of his own free will. Miss Austin?" "Yes," snld Anita, Involuntarily, nnd then bit her lip as she ndded, "I told you he didn't give It te me." "There, there, don't sny any mere, you only contradict yourself. I had no business te nsk that. Xew, Mr. Cray, from new en. I take Miss Austin under my personal care. I'll be re sponsible for her appearance when you want her. And," he looked nt his wife, "Mrs. Adams will back me up. She, tee, will shelter and care for Miss Austin " "Unless she is proved guilty," Es ther Adams broke in. "In that en ie " "Wait until she K" Old Salt said, in his calm way. "I don't guarantee her innocence I only want te prevent injustice te her. Have you funds te engage a lawyer. Miss Austin?" Again thnt frightened leek mnde the girl seem anything but Innocent. "Would I have te tell a lawyer everything?" she asked. "Yes. yes te be sure," Traj-k broke in. "nut what of that? I'll bet you've nothing te tell him incriminating te yourself. Yeu exaggerate your con nection with tills matter. I'll bet you were there that night en some per fertlv innocent errand at least se far as Dr. Waring's death is concerned." "Oh. I was!" Anita said, and then, as quickly. "But I wasn't there nt night It was in the afternoon." A Proposal Lockwood groaned In spirit. Every thing this girl said mnde her mere of a prevaricator, even though she might be innocent of crime. Surely she was mixed up in the mat ter, and must knew wiie gave the fatnl stab if she didn't de it herself. If only Xegl could be found. He, of course, was Implicated. "I'll pet a lawyer for you. If you'll let me, Miss Austin," Lockwood said, unable te resist his Impulse te help her. "I am a lawyer." snid Maurice Trak, "I here nnd new offer my serv ices te Miss Austin. If you'll accept, my dear young lady. I premise te ute my best efforts te de ail that can be denn for you." "But de I have te tell you " again Anita began, perplexedly her brews straight. Trask gazed at her fixedly, and then he said. "That will be between us. Yeu will decide when we talk things ever, what te tell me and what net." He spoke as te n frnrtleuc child, nnd his voice was kind nnd helpful even though his inflections were net cul tured. Lockwood looked nt him uneasilv. Slight net this man's kindness :nd as sistance te the distressed girl lead her te feci such gratitude that it would be no hard matter for Trask te win mere than gratitude? Lockwood was nerv ously sensitive te the Interest Trask took In Anita, and well knew his state of mind toward the little beauty. And, lntend of being levelled by the trend of suspicion toward Anita, Ixck Ixck wecd's own InfatuiMen deepened with everv dance he allowed himself at the lovely face. The countenance of Ml-i Mvstery .tv ever chancing. New, she was n wistful-eved child, and in n flash she was an inscrutable young woman enlv te change the next Instant te a wrongly accused and innocent martvr. Anyway, Lockwood told himself, he meant te win her. and If Trask steed in lils way, Trask must he s-t aside, that was nil An indomitable wi'l (might te be aide te conquer the in tents of a jelf-niade. unimui tne nvm of Trask's type And, tee, n hue like his own. suraing mere fully ceiy mo ment, must appeal te the girl, once he could get a chance te declare it. Lockwood v.M3 by no means a con ceited man. but hu had a true sense of alue and he knew that lie was a fitter mate for Miss Mystery than Trask, if the girl could knew tlfin both. "I kn" a Hwvei," Jofl.nr.ed began, "here in Corinth. Miclit lie nor be a better man fur you. Ml-,s usiln, ttiiin a sti inger in 'own-'" ".lust why?" Trask said, his eyes coldly scanning LecKw oed's face "Because he would have known Dr. Warun;, nnd and all the circum stances," Loci. weed concluded a little lamely. "Xet much of an argument," Trask dismissed the suggestion. "Alse, I premise net te cost the lidy ns much as nnv ether ceun-el would " This speech was accompanied bv an iid'nirlng gl.uice that was se nearly a smirk that Lockwood with difficulty kept his hands off Trask's tlne.it. Mrs J'ej tun. who with lli-len had sat almost wenlless threiuh tie whole ses sion, new iem- te go ' Cuine, Helen.' s,i nid, "un are of no use In re, and I'd rather t.ike you away " Her implication thnt the presence nf Miss Mystery was contaminating was tee plain te be mistaken, and mother and daughter 1 f t the ioeiu "Well." Crav said, "I've pretty much made up ih mind in this matter. J make no uiivt uuw , since you're going ie lie responsible, Air. Adams, for Mi-s Austin's presence when de sired. But I IhliiK l see it nil. I think J can lecenstrm i the whole case, and I think there win lie. decided de velopments tery seen " "Yeu de," was Tiask'.s response te this speech, and as one, by one all pres- ent rose te go, Ira uskeil that lie might . remained, aud see .Miss Austin .ilene. "(iuess I'll stand by." snld Old Salt. iiilI seimnhin,: in the grim hut kindly old ta e mule 'liasl, ;i,.e tacit consent. Striil;:htferurdlv the man set nbeut his iniiililes. "New. lirst of nil, Miss Austin," Trunk paid, "where ih your home?" An obstinate leek came Inte her eyes, and she hesitated n moment. Then, with n sudden change of expres sion, she said, "IndlannpellH." "Addresh?" "Slv-twcnty-seven Jacksen street." Tritsk's eyebrows went up nt this, and lie gave her a searching leek, but Miss Mystery showed no embarrass ment. CONTINUED TOMORROW ewt. iuMt tiw WtV-V-OM- tXN"t KMO lONOW. Ch.s ?Ttt4 ANT.t.W GUMP WJE BUt tetE. TO THt TMshnuC PeOPLQ OV txts CeN6femA. tvTRtCT Wc ASK SOU V1 tk.y. 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